Congregations & Leaders
Partnership PortalFrequently Asked Questions & Requested Resources
The UUA offers rich resources for our member congregations! If you are looking for help for your congregation, but don’t know where to start, you can start here!
Visit LeaderLab for tips, tools and resources for leaders and leadership development! Access trainings, guides, webinars and articles to help your congregation serve its mission in the world!
Engage in rich and meaningful professional development and collegial relationships.
UUA Benefit Programs? Annual Program Fund information? Available Grants and Loans? Crowdsourcing? We have a lot to offer congregations!
More about UUA Programs that Support and Serve Congregations
Provide vital information for visitors, UU World magazine subscriptions for your members, and easy access to UUA support services.
Create a physically, sexually, and emotionally safer space for children and adults. Learn how to manage issues before an emergency strikes.
A library of resources and strategies to help your congregation address safety and other issues during a pandemic.
Resources and Tips
The UUA offers a Wordpress website template, along with tested tools and tips to help you communicate with both seekers and members.
LeaderLab
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Cultivating Administrative CapacityFrom LeaderLab
Show your garden the love! Cultivation is about strengthening administrative skills and practices within your congregation. We outline two critical areas of administration: Staff Care/Human Resources and Congregational Finances. We name additional areas that can be the work of future waves cohorts.
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Growing Administrative Capacity
Congregational Life
From LeaderLabAdministration isn’t flashy. It’s foundational! Handled well, capacity is liberated for your congregation’s mission and ministries. May these pages be helpful to all who attend to administrative tasks themselves or who depend on that work – supervisors, staff, volunteers, and the entire membership.
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Getting Started with Sharing Administrative TalentFrom LeaderLab
Congregational leaders, are you intrigued by the possibility of sharing an administrative employee, whether a generalist or a specialist (e.g., bookkeeper, communications manager)? Administrators, might serving two or more UU faith communities be a good choice for you? We’ll help you get started.